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Rewa

Nga Tohu

In 1840 more than 500 chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand’s founding document. Ngā Tohu, when complete, will contain a biographical sketch of each signatory.

Signing

Signature Sheet Signed as Probable name Tribe Hapū Signing Occasion
24 Sheet 6 — The Bay of Plenty (Fedarb) Sheet Rewa Rewa Ngāti Awa? Whakatāne, 16 June 1840

Rewa signed the Bay of Plenty (Fedarb) sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi at Whakatāne on 16 June 1840. He may have been a rangatira (chief) from Ngāti Awa.

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